This
was the first time I had ever been on this website or even heard of it! In the
last 7 months I have learned that there are so many more resources for teachers
to be inspired by each other than I had thought. It is exciting and a bit
overwhelming; just because there is SO much out there. As I was trying to
decide which videos I was going to watch I could not help by gravitate to the
videos that incorporated dance and movement. This is probably because dancing
has always been something I have enjoyed since I was a little girl. The videos
I watched were: Exploring Dance: Movement, Space, Poetry, Moving to the Beat:
Many ways to Teach Rhythm, Elements of Art: Color, Space, and Texture, and
Combining Academics and Dance with 4 Basic Moves.
Throughout
these videos (with the exception of Elements of Art), there is a common theme
and understanding that acknowledges the value of incorporating dance in all
areas of the curriculum. The video, Exploring Dance (2014) was the video I
enjoyed most. The teacher discusses the importance of teaching students about
positive and negative space and isolating body parts while traveling around the
room and connecting with partners. Using poetry the teacher helps the students
learn the vocabulary related to their various body parts and the importance of
each part. The teacher encouraged the students to create their own motions to
go alone with each line of the poem to help student retain the information. By
doing this students will more likely be able to recall the information learned
by remembering what they did with their body for each vocabulary word. He
completes assessment of activities like this through journals, allowing
students to co-create the expected criteria, observation, and by providing
rubrics.
Moving
to the Beat (2014) combines words, movement and the use of instruments into
everyday lessons. This approach allows for all students (especially ELL
students) to understand the sound of English words and tie them to movement. By
using song and movement to learn words, students can hear the inflection of the
words helping them to see and hear the patterns. Combining Academics and Dance
with 4 Basic Moves (2013) focused on the use of 4 simple motions: pin, ball,
wall, and twist; all of which could be displayed with the use of just one body.
In this video the students manipulate their bodies to represent stages of
growth (Science) of a plant using these 4 basic moves. The teacher reports that
when students apply motions to the stages, they were more engaged with learning
even after the "dance lesson". Lastly, Elements of Color , felt more like a
reminder more than anything else. This teacher reiterates the importance of
using art in the classroom. She enforced the idea of bringing art from all
around the world into the class and engaging in discussion about the art with
the students. She says that students are usually very engaged with learning
about arts in all forms and from all places. As the video follows her in the
lesson, I was reminded of the importance of modeling everything to students,
because as this teacher mentions, some students do not retain information
simply by hearing, but by seeing and doing. I will definitely look to this
website again for more ideas.
Combine Academics and Dance with 4 Basic Moves. (2013).
Retrieved May 24, 2015, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reinforcing-concepts-with-dance
Exploring Dance: Movement, Space & Poetry. (2014). (n.d.).
Retrieved May 24, 2015, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/elementary-school-dance-curriculum
Moving to the Beat: Many Ways to Teach Rhythm. (2014).
(n.d.). Retrieved May 24, 2015, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/elementary-music-teaching-techniques
Elements of Art:
Color, Space, and Texture. Retrieved May 24, 2015, from https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/elements-of-art-lesson
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